Dust-collector



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DUST COLLECTOR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. 1919.

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H. M. PLAISTED. DUST COLLECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8,1919,

1,356,086. Pafented Oct. 19, 1920.

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DUST COLLECTOR.A APPLICATION man APR.8,191 9.

1,356,086. Patented Oct. 19,'1920.

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H. M. PLAISTED.

DUST COLLECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1919.

Panted Oct. 19, 1920.

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UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD M. PIAAISTED. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, lASSIGrNOR TIO WILLIAMS IATENT CRUSHER AND PULVERIZER COMPANY, OF S'I. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CO'RPORA- i TION OF MISSOURI.

To all whom' t 'may concern.'

Be it lrnown that I, HAROLD M. PLAisTED, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Dust-Collectors, of which the'following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and 1 useful improvements in dust collectorsthe peculiarities of which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

A main object of my'invention is to provide means for reversing the direction of currents of dust laden air passing through screens, without materially checking said ,Y currents, or reducing the screening area;

, also for eifecting such change automatically at regular intervals of time.; and further, for jarring the screens automatically at regular intervals.

-In previous constructions of dust collectors, a portion of the screen area is shut oli from the normal action of the dust laden air and a reverse current of airfrom the outside is sent through the cut off screen in a reverse direction to loosen the dust on `one side thereof; also-a duplicate arrangement of screen compartments has been provided whereby one set of compartments may be cut-off from the action of the air while' being jarred to loosen the dust from one side thereof. and another construction similar in which the outside air is drawn re yversely through the screen from outside while the dust laden air is shut oil".

In my improved construction I provide screens or other reticular partitions and direct the dust laden air alternately to both sides of the screen, thus maintaining in use the whole screen area and loosening the collected dust from both sides of the screen without taking in outside air or materially checking the velocity of the air current carrying said dust; I also provide an automatic device for effecting the reversal of the dust laden air currents thrqugh the screens at regular intervals of time; and

also jar the screen area at lesser time intervals automatically.v y

In the accompanying drawings on which t like reference .letters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a side view of a dust collector embodying my invention; shown as constructed for using a pressure system in iwhich. the right hand frontwall DUST-COLLECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 19, 1920. Application filed April 8, 1919. Serial No. 288,480. I

and left hand backwall, andthe top, are screened; Fig. 2 a vertical central elevation, the section being taken lparallel to the sides and showing air tight walls and a hood on top the iilter house adapting it to a suction system; Fig. 3 a transverse sectional elevation of said collector taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 2; and without a hood like Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a plan view of one end of the saine partly broken away to show the construction below the screen top.; Fig. 5 a front elevation of a part of the collector and the automatic operating attachment heretofore mentioned; Fig. 6a plan View of the same with the jarring' mechanism removed and the front wall showing a screen for a blast system; Fig.- 7 a similar View to Fig. 5 showing .the arrangement of the parts after shift-ing the valves; and Fig. 8 a front View of the jarring mechanism on a sectional plane 3-3 of Fig. 2 but showing a front screen wall for a blast system instead of an air tight wall as in Fig. 2 which isl for a suction system.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A designates suitable posts or standards connected by cross rails B at the sides and\ transverse rails C at the front and rear forming a rectangular frame, between which are mounted and properly fastened to the side rails, a series of frames D coniiected by top and bottom strips E and F respectively and by intermediate cross strips G preferably in pairs, between which strips are mounted a series of parallel screens y sages may be otherwise located, but in the construction shown the partitions are vertical and with vthe walls of the inclosing casing formed by the side frames D and the front and back walls, constitute through passages for the passage of dust laden air.

The bottom cross rails B and C between the posts A support a hopper II preferably double and each leg provided with a cut oifslide I or other closing means and having an entrance J for the dust laden air to enter this hopper below the reticular partitions. A hood K is preferably located above and inclosing the outlet ends of said passages and is supported by the upper cross rails as shown in Fig. 2 for the exit of the practically pure air or air that is practically free from its dust after passing 'through the reticular partitions ina manner now to be described. This hood may be left off except when the suction system is used to draw the air through the filter house between the reticular partitions. It may also be used in the blast system' if desired.

lVhen dust laden air under pressure, as in a blast system, is delivered through the entrance J to the hopper H it will pass into the inlet ends of alternate passages when the other-passages at their inlet ends are closed by a grid valve or other suitable means for temporarily4 closing said inlet ends.A As shown, these valves consist of bars L supported by suitable side pieces M and spaced a distance apart corresponding to the openings between the cross strips F. Between said bars and cross strips I provide a packing layer N whereby the inlet end of every other passage is temporarily closed when the cross bars L are adjusted as shown in Fig. 2. A similar grid valve (L lVI N) or other suitable means is mounted at the outlet ends of said passages and temporarily closes the outlet ends of alternate passages, and when adjusted as in Fig. 2, the outlet valve alternates with the inlet valve so that when the inlet end of any passage is open the outlet end of the same passage is closed, and vice versa. It is evident therefore that the air entering the open inlet ends of alten nate passages will find the outlet ends of said passages closed temporarily b v the upper valve and will seely outlet through the reticular partitions into the adjacent pas sages on either side which have their outlets open. It is likewise evident that by shifting thc lower valve so as to close the inlet ends now open, the inlet ends of alternate passages will be opened and those previously opened will be closed. Likewise when the other valve is shifted and the outlet ends 4of alternate passages are closed while the inlet ends of the same passages have been opened by the lower valve, the dust laden air currents pass up alternate passagesA .by0 means lof inlets previously closed but now open; and since said pas` sages receiving the dust laden air are now closed at their outer ends, the dust laden air is sev t through the partitions in a reverse direct-ion in seeking the outlet openings in adjacent passages. By this reversal of the dust laden air currents from one side of the reticular partitions to the other side of said partitions, the dust deposited upon the rotate this crank first side of the partition will be now driven off by the dust laden air vpassing through the screen in the reverse direction, and will fall upon the grid bars closing temporarily the lower or inlet ends of the passages that have temporarily their outlet ends open. Upon the next shift of the valves the deposited dust will be scraped olf by the bars F and drop into the hopper H. This shift is made very quickly, and even should some of the dust previously deposited on the grid bar be caught up by the entering air current, it could not escape at the top, because the upper grid bar would have closed the' outlet at the same time, or slightly before the bottom end became an inlet, as will be more fully described later.

I have provided operative means for said valves preferably consisting of parallel levers n, center pivoted at o to the center side rail B on each side of the casing and secured pivotally by their ends to rods P passing through the upper valve and 1 passing through the lower valve. Said rods are preferably extended outside of the casing and operate in slots in the side rails long enough to match the throw ofsaid valves, and protected by closing plates Q and felt packing as shown in Figs. l and 3. The bottom valve is preferably supported by rollers R carried by adjustable hangers S as shown in Fig. l. is broken away to avoid hiding .the closing plate adjacent.) These parallel levers, thus pivoted at the center and fastened to parallel valves at their upper and lower ends, operate Said valves like a parallel ruler and in opposite horizontal directions simultaneously; that is, 'the lower valve will be moved to the right at the same time the upper valve is moved to the left as indicated by dashed lines in Fig. 2, and vice versa.

To secure uniform operation of said valves a. link T on each side of the casing connects the adjacent lever at with a crank disk U mounted on a cross shaft V supi ported by the standards A. vIn order to operate said valves it is only necessary to depending on the throw of the valves, and this may be done by hand, acting yon a weighted lever lV Fig. 1, `engaging one or both of the crank disks U. The weight on `said lever maintains the valves at the end of ythe valves from the ends of alternate (In Fig. 8 the hanger shaft a suitable distance passages to the next adjacent passages. -The shift of the valves may take place in a frac-` tween adjacent pairs; the lower valve will open alternate inlets at the same instant the upper valve closes the outlets of the same passages ,but some dust laden air may escape the outlet valve before it closes, and

therefore I provide atop screen X secured to the top rails. The screen is shown in the `sectional views by dot and curved lines and in the Vface views by crossed lines asv usual., This upper screen X also serves to catch the lightest particles of dust that after being shaken off by the reverse currents Amay be taken up again by said reverse current coming through the screen, instead of falling with the balance of the dust tothe grid at the vbottom of the passage. However, the air currents are not as capable of picking'up again and carrying the dust after they have passed through the screen,'

as whenthe dust-charged currents first approach the screen, deposit their-load thereon and pass-through the mesh to the other side. The greater part of the dust previously deposited will be shaken off the screen by the reverse currents and fall to the bot tom of the passage, while anyl particles that are so light as to be taken up again will be caught by the upper screen X.

In practice, a lap and lead on the inlet and outlet valve bars similar to the lap and lead on sliding D-valves of engines, is advisable to close the outlet ends an instant or more before the Ainlet ends of the same passages are opened. The outlet bars L at the top may thus be wider than the lower` inlet bars Ii, whereby the upper bars will close the next adjacent outlets before the lower bars will open fully the corresponding inlet ends, and the upper bars will likewise lag behind the lower bars in opening the outlets now showing closed. It is evident that the upper bars may be made so much wider than the lower bars that a perceptible time interval may be caused in-tlie closing of the next outlet before the opening of the saine inlet passage. This action will assist the blown-oft' dust in dropping as desired into the hopper. Adjustable screws 4 limit the throw of said valves. divided and the upper section is removable to give access` to the upper valve and top screen. In a suction system in which the air is drawn through the filter house by suction the exit opening of the hood K is connected to an exhaust fan (not shown), and the front and back walls areair tight as shown atl Y Y Fig..2, forming a close casing; but in a pressure or blast system, the said walls may be Screen as shown in The top rail is Figs. 1 and 3. I n the latter case the hook AK may be omitted or may be retained if desired.

The pairs of cross strips E F and G stiifen v the reticular partition; other means may be used, The screens may be of any coarsen`ess or fineness; hence they may serve t0` separate relatively coarse particles of air carried material from the relatively fine particles that pass through the screen interstices.

The valve operative mechanism comprising the levers fn., connecting links T, cranks and crank shaft V, maybe actuated by hand' as before described; it is desirable however to provide automatic actuating mechanism that will throw the valves at regular intervals, and I therefore provide a bevel pinion 501iy said crank shaft, and a trip mechanism toA actuate said valve operative mechanism.

iffIhis trip mechanism comprises a gear segment 6 matching Said pinion, andmounted on a cross shaft 7, the axis of which intersects the crank shaft V. This gear segment has gear teeth suflicient to rotate the bevel pinion and crank shaft'half a rotation at a maximum, whereby to shift the valves as before described. It is provided on the back with two projections or shoulders located on opposite sides of the shaft axis 7, and designated 8 and 9 respectively. vWhen the segment is in the positon shown bv Fig. 5, the projection 9 supports hori'zontally a trip lever 10 having an 4adjustable weight 11 and pivotally mounted loosely on said shaft 7, so as to be rotatable in the direction of the arrow Fig. 5, to a correspond. ing horizontal position on the opposite side` of the shaft 7. This rotation is effected by an actuating mechanism that will lift the trip lever to a vertical position, and then, as it passes the vertical, allow it to fall with gravitating momentum and engage the pin 8 and rotate the gear segment and meshing pinion and crank shaft half a revolution, or a definite part of a half revolution as a maximum. Y'The pin or projection 8 will be carried downward with the segment, tillA saidprojection is below the horizontal plane when the trip lever is at its second horizontal position as shown in Fig. 7. The pro- -jections 8 and 9 in Fig. 7 are respectively opposite in their location as now shifted by the trip lever, to the location shown in Fig 5 when the trip lever was at its starting position. It is only necessary now to provide a actuating mechanism for the trip mechanism Ito actuate said trip lever.

This actuating mechanism comprises a worm gear 12 mounted on said shaft 7 and rotated by a worm 13 mounted on a worm shaft 14 carried in bearings 15 and adapted to be driven in both directions by a driving mechanism to be presently described.' The rotation of said worm and shaft will effect a slow rotation of said worm gear, comparatively. The worm gear is provided with a pin 16, or other suitable projection from the face of the gear into the path of the trip lever 1,0, and on'a lesser radius than the projections 8 and -9 from the back of the gear segment. lVhen the worm shaft 14 is rotating in the direction of the arrow Fig. 5, and

the pin 16 is at its starting position in said ligure vthe worm gear 12 will rotate and carry the pin 16, in the direction of the arrow, downward and then around under into engagement with the trip lever 10 resting on the segment shoulder 9. Continuing the worm gear rotation after the pin 16 engages the trip lever, will raise the latter to a vertical position and past the vertical as shown by dashed lines, till the weight causes said lever to gravitate downward into engagement with the opposite gear shoulder 8 and trip the segment as before described. The actionof the worm and worm gear are comparatively slow, while the action of the trip mechanism when the weighted trip lever falls and throws or trips the gear segment, is comparatively quick, and therefore the rotative action of the crank shaft and the throw of. the valves is likewise quick in action. It is only necessary to provide a driving mechanism in both directions for said worm shaft, in order to effect the forward and backward rotation of the worm gear and therefore lift the trip lever to actuating position on both sides of a vertical plane through the shaft 7. Thus while Fig. 5 shows the vworm pin 16 rotating in the direction of the arrow and lifting the trip lever from its left hand position to its dashed position, the Fig. 7 shows the said worm gear rotating in a reverse direction and lifting the trip lever to a dashed position from which it will actuate by gravitating momentum, the trip segment and valve operative mechanism,'through its engagement with the projection 9 Fig. 7.

This driving mechanism preferably consists of a shaft and pulley at each end of, and alined with said worm shaft, and driven in opposite directions by open and crossed belts to a countershaft (not shown).

The driving pulley 17 on a shaft 18 rotating in the direction of the arrow Figs. 5 and 7, is operably connected to the worm shaft 14. Likewise a pulley 19 on its shaft 20 atA the opposite end of the worm shaft 14, is

rotated in a reverse direction as indicatedby the arrow in Figs. 5 and 7. These driving pulleys and shafts on Vwhich they are mounted in suitable bearings, rotate continuously in the direction indicated, and it is only necessary to provide operable connections between-said driving shafts alternately, to produce the required alternate r0- tation of the worm shaft, worm and worm gear, and corresponding reversing action,

` clutch collar 22 on the adjacent end of shaft 18, and thereby effects the desired rotation of the worm shaft in the direction of the arrow Fig. 5. The corresponding clutch collar 21 at the opposite end of worm shaft 14 is 'disengaged from its matching clutch collar 22 on the adjacent end of driving shaft 2() Fig. 5. Fig. 6 shows the mechanism in plan view with the parts in similar position to Fig. 5; and in Fig. 6 a flexible connection is'shown between the driving clutch face 22 and its shaft, which preferably consists of a coil spring 23 wound on the shaft 18 and having` the end of the spring engagl ing a fast collar 24 at one end and said clutch collar 22 at the other. The collar 22 being loose on the shaft 18will thus be driven through a flexible connection with the driving shaft 18. A similar construction is provided at the other end of the worm shaft by a corresponding coil spring 23 forming a flexible connection between a fast collar 24 and clutch collar 22', to afford flexible driving action between the driving shaft 20 and clutch face 22.

A shifting mechanism for said opposing clutch faces at opposite ends of the worm shaft, preferably consists of yokes 25 and 25 respectively engaging the collars 21 and 21', slidably mounted on the said worm shaft. These yokes are carried by a shift shaft 26 slidably mounted in suitable bearings 27 carried by the posts A as shown in Fig. 6, and shifted to the right and the left alternately by suitable connection with the trip segment. This connection is preferably in the form of an arm 29 extending downward from the axis of said segment, and at right angles to a line of centers between the projections 8 and 9. The bottom end of said arm 294is divided to form an inverted U spanning the shifter rod 26, adapted to engage alternately with collars 30 and 31 fastened to said shifter a suitable space apart. As shown in Fig. 5, the arm 29 has just completed the shifting action by throwing the shifter rod and collar 30 to the posi- .able distance to the left, and thereby disengage clutch faces 21 and 22 which will stop the rotation of the worm shaft in the direction shown in Fig.` 5; and the completion of the motion of the shifter willengage the clutch facesl and 22 and cause a reverse direction of the worm shaft as shown in Fig. 7. It will be observedthat this shifting action is comparatively slight, and that the effective movement occurs near the end of the 'rotation of the gear segment when the trip lever is acting with its greatest'gravitating force; the shifting action of the mechanism upon the valves is nearly completed therefore, and .the comparatively greater gravitating force of the trip lever will be exerted to break the clutch engagement of the engaged clutch pair actually driving the worm shaft and connected mechanism. That is to say, the clutch disengagement takes place at the` most effective potential position of the trip lever.

` The disengagement of the clutch faces at l the left in Fig. 7 is effected by the reverse action lof the arm 29 u on the fast collar 30 as indicated in said gure.

It is desirable to effect a jarring of the reticular partitions at frequent intervals while the screening action is taking place, and I have therefore provided a jarring mechanism operably connected tothe automatic mechanism for the valves, and preferably comprising a gear wheel 32 keyed -upon the hub of the worm gear 12, or otherwise` actuated, and meshing with a pinion 33 mounted on a crank shaft 34 carried by a bearing 35. connected by a link 37 preferably adjustable in length, and having a slot at the oppositeend from the crank in which is mounted the pin 38 of a trip crank 39 carried by a cross shaft 40 horizontally disposed adjacent to the front wall or reticular partition. On said shaft 40 is mounted a double headed hammer the heads of 41 and 41" being carried by arms 42l that are preferl. snapping action due to va trip device for the shaft 40. I

This trip device comprises a spring-operated crank 43 at each end of said shaft 40' ,and preferably on the outside of the cross 'rails B carrying said shaft. A spring 44 has one end pivotally fastened at 45` inthe .horizontal plane through the axis of said shaft 40 and connected at'the other end by 'an eye bolt 46 having an eye in one end for mounting on the crank pin 47 of said crank 43 and a'thr-eaded connection with a nut enj gaging the'end of said spring 44 whereby V,side or the other of the horizontal plane through the shaft 40 and the spring pivot 45 and likewise rotate accordingly, the shaft 40 carrying the double hammer. The said link 37 forming a slotted link connectionv between the trip crank 39 and the pinion crank 36, will pull down the trip crank till the said crankis in a horizontal plane, and the spring-operated crank 43 is likewise in a horizontal plane, and the spring 44 at each end of the shaft 40 is therefore pulling in the same plane through the center of the shaft 40. As soon as the pinion crank pulls the trip crank past the central plane, the springs 44 will ac t through their spring operated cranks upon the shaft 40, and pull or rotate the shaft 40 with a snap to the lowe-r position of said` trip crank and spring operated cranks, and thereby bring the lower hammer head 41 with a snap against the lower of the two` pairs of cross bars intermediate of the ends of the screens.

The pinion crank hasmade a half revolu- 'of the heads will'be effected and the head 41 will be brought into contact with the adjacent cross bar or other portion of the adjacent screen. j

As shown lin Fig. 2, each pair of cross bars G is connected to the adjacent pair in the nextscreen by a` pin projection48 or other interposed extension from one pair of cross bars Gr to the next-adjacent. This extension may be secured centrally at each of the two adjacent pairs of cross bars, but preferably is ,secured to but one pair and extends over nearly to the `next pair in a horizontal plane so ythat a slight clearance is left at one end of the pin 48 and the adjacent cross bar-or bare contactis made for said bar-so that when the hammer head 41 strike the first partition the screen is jarred and the jar is 'delivered in succession tothe adjacent screens instead of the y jar being given to all of the screens at the same instant. By this preferred construction a better jarring effect is secured upon the screens and a lesser blow required than if the screensy were rigidly connectedk and moved as one.

When the front partition is a reticular partition as in Fig. 1, the hammer heads may engage with their adjacent cross bars (fr directly; but when a solid partition 0r front wall Y is used corresponding to the back wall Y, the last pins 48 may 4extendv through said wall as atY and be engaged by said hammer heads alternately as above described. Likewise a jarring mechanism in duplicate may be employed at the rear wall as well as the front wall and inter-connected to operate in unison if desired.

I claim:

1. A dust collector com'prising walls, a series of screens and screen supports,each screen having a passage on each side of it and forming a reticular partition between adjacent passages,-and means to close temporarily the outlet end of alternate passages and open the inlet end of the same passages.

2. A dust collector comprising walls, a series of screens and screen supports,-each screen having a passage on each side of it and forming a reticular partition between adjacent passages,-and movable means to close temporarily the outlet end of alternate `passages and open the inlet endof the same passages, and vice versa.

3. A dust collector comprising inclosing walls forming a casing with entrance and exit openings and subject to air suction, a series of screens and screen supports,eaeh screen having a passage on each side ofgit and forming a reticular partition between such adjacent passages,said passages being interposed between said entrance and exit openings of the casing and connecting them,-and means located at the inlet and outlet ends of said passages to close temporarily alternate inlet ends of said passages and open alternate outlet ends of the same passages, and vice versa.

iS-"A dust collector comprising inclosing walls, and an intermediate reticular partition substantially parallel to said walls and.

forming through passages open at both ends and subject to dust laden air current passing through said passages, and means to close temporarily the outlet end of one passage and simultaneously close the inlet end of the other passage, and then to alternate and close the inlet end of the first named passage and the outlet end ofthe other passage whereby the dust laden air is directed alternately to both sides of said reticular partition and a continuous action of the dust laden air is eHected without materially checking its current. y

5. In a dust Collector the combination with walls and reticular partitions forming passages, valves controlling the inlet and outlet ends of said passags. and a bevel pinion operably connected to said valves, of a trip mechanism comprising a segment gearl meshing with said bevel pinion and ametrically disposed, and a gravitating trip lever loosely pivoted on the same axis and4 engaging said shoulders of the segment gear alternately to rotate said pinion in both directions, and actuating mechanism for said trip lever. v

6. In a dust collector the combination with walls and reticular partitions forming passages, valves controllingthe inlet and outlet ends of said passages, operative means for said valves, and a trip mechanism for said operative means comprising a gravitat- Aing lever, of actuating mechanism comprising a worm gear on the same axis with said lever and having a projecting pin in the path of said lever, and a worm `shaft and worm meshing with said worm gear, and driving mechanism for said worm shaft in both directions. f

7. In a dust collector the combination with walls and reticular partitions forming passages, valves controlling said passages, operative means for said valves, a trip meehanism for said operative means and actuating means comprising a worm shaft, of driving mechanism comprising a shaft and pulley at each end of and alined with said worm shaft and driven in opposite directions, a clutch connection betfween each end 'of the worm shaft and the respective pulley shaft, and a shifting mechanism o'perably connected to said trip mechanism for operating said clutch connections alternately.

8. Ina dustl collector, the combination with valves and operative mechanism comprising a bevel pinion, of a trip mechanism consisting of a segment gear meshing with said pinion and' having projecting shoulders and a trip arm radially disposed intermediate -of said shoulders, a trip lever alternately engaging said shoulders, means to actua-te said lever, and a shift mechanism aetuated by said trip arm. 1

9. A dust collector and its operative meehanism eomprisingura worm shaft, driving ,shafts abutting the'endsl of said .worm shaft, lra clutch mechanism between each .driving shaft and the adjacent end of the worm shaft and consisting of 4a pair of clutch collars,-one collar being feather keyed to its shaft for sliding adjustment, and the other collar being rotatably'lmounted on its shaft,a xed collar on the latter shaft, a coil4 spring connection between said fixed collar and rotatable collar, and means to effect the adjustment of said sliding collars. In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

HAROLD M. PLAISTED.

jCorrection'n Letters Patent No;"1v,'35`6 Q86.

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It is hereby'certied thztt Lettere Patent N o. 1,356,086,.gunted October 19, 1920, `l

upon-the applioationof Harold M. PlaistedLof St. LousfMisourffor aliiroprovek,merit in Dost-ColleotorS, .were erroneouSly issued vW'-llamsPatent Crusher sind PuRferizer- Company, as assignee of the etillenterest said inveto, whereas.l

said Letters.l Patent. shoxuuld have been is-Sued toltheoinvetor, 'said I-lcmlstedk Williams Fatemi ushrand Pulvemlizer?v "Company, "sa-id corporatio being assignee of forty-.nine onefhundlo'edths outyfdsstlotvo by the recoidofl asfsgments ih this ooe; and that the44 said Letters Patent feb-01.11@ be 'read With this correction therein thatthe same mayv conr'orm to the eoord of tot-.1e casein the Patent Oee. Signed end sealed this 7th dagf ofDeeQmber, AQ D., 1,920. I I [SEAL] l L. B. MANN,

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